Laurion Mineral Exploration plans to begin gold and silver production at its Bell Mountain property in Nevada by mid-2013. The property has a historic resource of over 300,000 ounces of gold and 5.5 million ounces of silver. Exploration continues at Laurion's Sturgeon River project in Ontario near Geraldton, which has returned encouraging drill results. Laurion aims to transition from explorer to producer to gain greater access to capital that has not fully returned to the junior mining sector since the 2008 financial crisis.